Dear Iago,

We all came into the world, crying our brains out. Is that a good sign?


Love,

Don't get married if you're just going to look for someone else.


Love,

I'm all for gender equality but I can't help but miss the times when men were men and women were women.


Love,

Tagalog is a pretty awesome language. Learn it and play with it if you have time.


Love,

It's 8AM but the sunlight feels like 10 AM on my skin.


Love,

Educate yourself in such a way that you can turn everything into gold.


Love,

Some people have all the luck and some people don't. I'm stuck in the middle.


Love,

Marriage puts you in a kawayan bed with lots of pillows and a blanket made from egyptian cotton.


Love,

Happy birthday son. Thank you for making me want to be a better person.


Love,

Mama gave birth to me with only 20 pesos in her pocket and the reassuring thought that God will provide.


Love,

There is no other place in the world I would rather be, so I guess that means I'm happy.


Love,

I like looking at big houses but I don't want to live in them.


Love,

He asks his girlfriend to do a threesome and he still calls it love. How convenient!


Love,

Your father is not my first love but he will be the last. Err, hopefully. LOLz.


Love,

I think you're handsome. Is it because it's true? Or is it because I love you?


Love,

The luckiest people are the ones who write love stories for a living.


Love,

It is very important that I talk to you about sex and condoms later in life.

-- but where will I get the nerve?


Love,

Why do most tragedies happen to good people?


Love,

The way I see it, respect is more important than love.


Love,

I know a lot more about people through their blogs than in real life.


Love,

Something good always comes out from loving the wrong person.


Love,

I am a good mother whenever I'm not in front of the computer. LOLz.


Love,

Lola and Lolo are both 81 years old. I will give everything so they could live forever.


Love,

Everyday I say to myself, "I will start eating healthy tomorrow".


Love,

Never ask for the truth if you don't want to know the truth.


Love,

I'm seriously wondering where most men get that huge chunk of courage to sleep with prostitutes?


Love,

The trouble always starts when mama doesn't know when to stop helping.


Love,

I hate listening to people who speak in english for the sake of sounding rich.


Love,

I'm already getting mini heart attacks just thinking about you, bringing home a girl I don't like.


Love,

If freedom means eating cold noodle dinners alone, then I don't want to be free.


Love,

And then it dawned on me. What I should be praying for is peace of mind.


Love,

There are people whom you should learn to ignore and people whom you should put in their rightful place.


Love,

Mama doesn't buy me pasalubong anymore because I'm already too old for those.

She's wrong..


Love,

One of the hardest mistakes to forgive is infidelity.


Love,

Lola always tells me to read the bible everyday.

I’ve been a very bad grandchild.


Love,

Never say you're tired in front of people who work ten times harder than you do.


Love,

If I want to play god.. I write.


Love,

Jokes are almost always half meant.


Love,

If you have good health and a happy family, nothing else really matters.


Love,

We will never know why Mindanao is called the land of promise because of all the violence.


Love,

Antonio, a classmate of mine from college is a car fiend. He used to own a honda civic and a saturn aura when we were still studying. He even borrows his brother’s toyota venza during our out of town trips because he doesn’t want his cars to be soiled in rough roads. Ironically, he races both of his cars with our other friends during the weekends, just for fun.


It’s not an exaggeration when I say that he loves his cars more than his girlfriend. He spends most of his extra money on beautifying and maintaining his cars rather than spending it on a romantic date somewhere with her.

It’s a good thing that his girlfriend’s father is also a car enthusiast. The three of them actually go to car shows together. They are also members of a local club for car owners. This is probably why his girlfriend has been very understanding all throughout.

Antonio dreams of owning an audi convertible in the near future so he saves most of his money to buy one. He doesn’t want to ask his parents to buy him a new car because he already has a stable job in one of the engineering firms back home.

I never really understood Antonio’s obsession about cars, knowing how much he spends on the latest car accessories that hit the market. Well what do I know? If it makes him happy then he should continue with what he’s doing no matter what other people say.

Mama always said, "you have to eat germs once in a while".


Love,

It's not love if you have to beg for it.


Love,

I want to whack myself for always being too busy to give lolo a nice pedicure.


Love,

May you have a colorful (but not so colorful) life, like I did. LOLz.


Love,

Our next door neighbor got her 2.2 million from the bank today.

Her friends and family became her friends and family again. LOLz.


Love,

I hope you'd understand why I have to be an insufferable mom someday.


Love,

Getting married felt so much like graduating from college. LOLz.


Love,

Don't feel bad if you're afraid of the dark.

-- I am too.


Love,

I am amazed about how good I am at making excuses not to go to church on Sundays.


Love,

Forgive people who smoke in public places, for they are probably too poor to afford an education.


Love,

How can we ignore piracy when an original is already one week worth of groceries?


Love,

Houses are like people. I always wonder what they look like from the inside.


Love,

I speak softly, but my thoughts are venomous.


Love,

Now why would any woman put up with a man who hits her?


Love,

Knowledge is power, but there are some things you're better off not knowing.


Love,

I told tipay that being a housewife makes me feel like a parasite to your dad.

Without batting an eyelash she replied.. "well, serve your vagina in a plate!" LOLz.


Love,

More people listen to me when I write than when I shout.


Love,

I'm so scared of death.. slow and painful death.


Love,

The last two minutes on my way home is when I miss you most.


Love,

I was good really at spelling until they invented Nokia. LOLz.


Love,

I have to get some thoughts out of my system before they can consume me.


Love,

No one opened until I tried knocking.


Love,

I, too, have regrets and unfulfilled dreams.


Love,

Don't take people for granted just because they said they'll always be there.


Love,

Just like most men, your daddy never allows himself to fall on his knees in weakness.


Love,

Learn from my mistakes son. It's easier that way.


Love,

Sadness is temporary. Unfortunately, so is happiness.


Love,

I'm 27, but sometimes I still don't know what to do with my life.


Love,